A retired solicitor was caught by a paedophile hunter who posed on the Internet as a 14-year-old girl.

David Bond, 71, had expected to meet a schoolgirl called “Jess” at Hemel Hempstead railway station, but was confronted instead by members of group called Team Impact who track down potential child abusers.

Bond who had booked a £300 a night room at a nearby hotel had with him swimsuits he’d bought for the youngster, sex toys, condoms and a pregnancy testing kit.

Bond of Ferry Quays, Brentford, Middlesex was found guilty last month by a jury at Luton Crown Court of attempting to meet a child after sexual grooming.